Swatch cards



E. FEIBUSCH June 4, 1957 SWATCH CARDS Filed Nov. 10, 1951 United StatesPatent '0 SWATCH CARDS Emanuel Feibusch, Mount Vernon, N. Y., assignorto E. Feibusch Company Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a corporation ofNew York Application November 10, 1951, Serial No. 255,865

8 Claims. (Cl. 206-82) This invention relates to improvements in swatchcards, and, more particularly, the invention is concerned with swatchcards of the type in which samples of material, such as stockingmaterial, are gathered and afiixed to a card for the purpose ofdisplaying to prospective customers various shades, colors or patterns.

The general object of the invention is to provide an improved swatchcard and method of inserting and attaching swatches therein, providingcertainty of holding of the swatches and a simple construction providingfor insertion of the swatches in a very much simplified manner.

A swatch card and method of inserting swatches embodying the inventionin a preferred form will now be described with reference to theaccompanying drawing, and the features forming the invention will thenbe pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan or flat view of a swatch card blank, embodying theinvention in a preferred form, and in position on a support adapted tohold the same for insertion of swatches;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of part of Figure 1, showing some swatchesin position;

Figure 3 is a rear view, corresponding to part of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 44 of Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a perspective of the completed card.

The swatch card blank, as shown in Figure 1, comprises panels 1, 3 and 5joined together along creased or scored lines 2 and 4 for folding, and aswatch supporting panel 7 joined to the panel 5 along a fold line 8, asindicated. There is indicated also schematically in Figure 1 a support,comprising a table or other supporting surface 10, having a projectingsaddle or support 11, extending under the central part of the swatchpanel 7.

The swatch panel 7 has provision for holding a desired number ofswatches (five in the example shown). The means for holding each swatchconsists of a pair of holes 12, through which the swatch material passesin the inserted position. A slot 13 to accommodate a swatch forinsertion from the side of the panel 7 and a notch 14 at the end of theslit to permit ready insertion of the swatch in the slit 13, areprovided in connection with each hole 12. Panel 5 is provided with aseries of apertures 15, registering with the pairs of holes 12 whenpanel 7 is folded down on panel 5, the apertures 15 being preferably ofoval or elliptical shape and their ends substantially coinciding withthe outer edges of the holes 12.

In inserting the swatches, the blank is placed on a support, asindicated in Figure 1, so that the holes 12 are positioned to each sideof the saddle 11, each swatch piece S is gathered together with thefingers in the usual way and being held by the ends is forced down overa pair of holes 12 so as to cause the ends of the swatch to enter firstthe notches and then to pass through the slits 13 into the holes 12, inthe manner indicated in Figures 2, 3 and 4. When swatches have beeninserted in all the positions provided on the panel 7, this panel isfolded back over the panel 5.

Adhesive, as indicated at A, having been applied to the edge of thepanel 5, the panel 5 together with panel 7 folded over on it is nowfolded over on panel 3 and is adhesively joined thereto. Panel 1 is acover panel and may now be folded over to cover the swatches or may befolded over at a later time and after shipment to a customer.

As will be apparent, the swatch panel 7 is somewhat narrower than thepanel 5, so that in the folded condition, its edges are spaced from foldlines 2 and 4 so as to permit the construction to be substantially flat,and so as to provide space for the adhesive A outside the limits of thepanel 7. The swatch panel 7 is, however, preferably only slightlynarrower than the panel 5, so that the ends of the swatches are heldfirmly in position.

What is claimed is:

1. A swatch card comprising a swatch holding panel of generallyrectangular form and having a plurality of pairs of holes for holdingswatches, the two holes of each pair being located adjacent oppositeedges of the panel, the panel having slits extending outwardly from thesaid holes to the said edges of the panel for permitting passage of aswatch for inserting the same in the said holes by movement inwardlyfrom the said edges of the panel through the slits, a cover panel andmeans for holding the cover panel over the swatch holding panel, thecover panel having apertures registering with the pairs of holes fordisplaying swatches held therein.

2. A swatch card according to claim l, in which the cover panelapertures extend substantially to the outer edges of the swatch panelholes.

3. A swatch card according to claim 1, comprising also a rear panelcovering the other face of the swatch holding panel.

4. A swatch card according to claim 3, in which the rear panel isslightly wider than the swatch holding panel, extending outwardly beyondthe said opposite edges, and is joined to the cover panel along andoutside the said edges.

5. A swatch card according to claim 4, in which the rear panel is joinedto the cover panel by a fold line at one edge and by adhesive at theother.

6. A swatch card formed of a unitary foldable blank comprising a swatchholding panel of generally rectangular form and having a plurality ofpairs of holes for holding swatches, the two holes of each pair beinglocated adjacent opposite edges of the panel, and the panel having slitsextending outwardly from the said holes to the said edges of the panelfor permitting passage of a swatch for inserting the same in the saidholes and movement inwardly from the said edges of the panel through theslits, a cover panel joined to the swatch holding panel along a thirdedge thereof by a fold line and having apertures adapted to registerwith the pairs of holes in the swatch holding panel when the said swatchholding panel is folded over on the said cover panel, and a back paneljoined to the cover panel on a fold line along an edge thereof adjacentthe edge thereof which is joined to the swatch holding panel.

7. A swatch card according to claim 6, in which the cover and backpanels are of substantially equal width, the swatch holding panel isslightly narrower, so that its edges are spaced from the edges of theback and cover panels when the blank is folded, and including meansjoining the cover and back panel together along their edges and outsidethe edge of the swatch holding panel.

8. Method of inserting swatches in a card for displaying the same, whichcomprises placing the card having a plurality of pairs of swatch holdingholes adjacent two opposite edges thereof and connected to the saidedges by r 3 slits, upon a support extending along the central part ofthe card but inwardly of the holes, and pressing the swatches downwardlyWhile holding onto their ends over passtherethrongh into the holes.

R 6iances Cited in'the file of this patent" UNITED STATES PATENTS 3646,630 Watson "Apr. 3, 1900.

the pairs ofholes to cause thesame to enter the slits and Mayne et a1Sept. 14, 1933

